Chords for "Ridin' Thumb" King Curtis & The Kingpins (live)
Tempo:
102.4 bpm
Chords used:
C#
Fm
D#
F#
A#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
We recorded this the other day that we're going to do for you.
It's called Riding Thumb.
[C#]
[G#]
[D#] [C#] To the man on the blacktop highway
Moving past the no man's [D#m] land
[C#] All alone on the blacktop highway
Moving just as fast as he can Riding thumb
Riding thumb
[Fm]
[D#] [C#] Left his home down in Macon, Georgia
Left the shade on an old oak tree
Got his dreams in a little red pocket
Got his eyes where the corn is [F#] sweet [C#] Riding thumb
[C#m]
Riding [C#] thumb
[A#m] [G#]
[E] [Fm] He [F#] don't care where the road goes
[Fm] Just as [F#] long as he gets in a ride
[Fm] He don't [F#] need no food or water
[Fm] Just let the conscience [F#] be his guide [C#] Riding thumb Riding thumb
[A#m] [G#m]
[D#] [D] [C#]
Left
[D#] [C#] [D#]
[C#] [A#m] [C#] his sister in a normal crying
[B] [C#] Begging him not [C#] to leave that day
[B] [C#] Said he'd write but they knew he was [B] lying
[C#] Never got no rain, never got [G#m] no pain [C#] Riding thumb
Riding thumb
[A#m] [Fm] [G] [C#]
[G] [C#]
[G#m] [G#] [N]
It's called Riding Thumb.
[C#]
[G#]
[D#] [C#] To the man on the blacktop highway
Moving past the no man's [D#m] land
[C#] All alone on the blacktop highway
Moving just as fast as he can Riding thumb
Riding thumb
[Fm]
[D#] [C#] Left his home down in Macon, Georgia
Left the shade on an old oak tree
Got his dreams in a little red pocket
Got his eyes where the corn is [F#] sweet [C#] Riding thumb
[C#m]
Riding [C#] thumb
[A#m] [G#]
[E] [Fm] He [F#] don't care where the road goes
[Fm] Just as [F#] long as he gets in a ride
[Fm] He don't [F#] need no food or water
[Fm] Just let the conscience [F#] be his guide [C#] Riding thumb Riding thumb
[A#m] [G#m]
[D#] [D] [C#]
Left
[D#] [C#] [D#]
[C#] [A#m] [C#] his sister in a normal crying
[B] [C#] Begging him not [C#] to leave that day
[B] [C#] Said he'd write but they knew he was [B] lying
[C#] Never got no rain, never got [G#m] no pain [C#] Riding thumb
Riding thumb
[A#m] [Fm] [G] [C#]
[G] [C#]
[G#m] [G#] [N]
Key:
C#
Fm
D#
F#
A#m
C#
Fm
D#
_ _ We recorded this the other day that we're going to do for you.
It's called Riding Thumb. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
[D#] _ _ [C#] To the man on the blacktop highway
_ Moving _ past the no man's [D#m] land
_ [C#] _ All alone on the blacktop highway
_ _ Moving just as fast as he can Riding thumb _ _ _ _
Riding thumb
_ _ _ [Fm] _
[D#] _ [C#] Left his home down in Macon, Georgia
_ _ Left the shade on an old oak tree
Got _ his dreams in a little red pocket
_ _ Got his eyes where the corn is [F#] sweet [C#] Riding thumb
[C#m] _ _ _
Riding [C#] _ thumb
_ _ [A#m] _ [G#] _
_ [E] [Fm] He _ _ [F#] don't care where the road goes
[Fm] _ _ Just as [F#] long as he gets in a ride
[Fm] _ _ He don't [F#] need no food or water
_ [Fm] Just let the conscience [F#] be his guide [C#] Riding thumb _ _ _ _ _ Riding thumb
_ [A#m] _ [G#m] _
[D#] _ [D] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Left _ _ _ _
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[D#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ [A#m] _ [C#] _ his sister in a normal crying
[B] _ _ [C#] _ Begging him not [C#] to leave that day
[B] _ _ [C#] _ Said he'd write but they knew he was [B] lying
_ [C#] Never got no rain, never got [G#m] no pain [C#] Riding thumb _ _ _ _
_ Riding thumb
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[G] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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It's called Riding Thumb. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
[D#] _ _ [C#] To the man on the blacktop highway
_ Moving _ past the no man's [D#m] land
_ [C#] _ All alone on the blacktop highway
_ _ Moving just as fast as he can Riding thumb _ _ _ _
Riding thumb
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[D#] _ [C#] Left his home down in Macon, Georgia
_ _ Left the shade on an old oak tree
Got _ his dreams in a little red pocket
_ _ Got his eyes where the corn is [F#] sweet [C#] Riding thumb
[C#m] _ _ _
Riding [C#] _ thumb
_ _ [A#m] _ [G#] _
_ [E] [Fm] He _ _ [F#] don't care where the road goes
[Fm] _ _ Just as [F#] long as he gets in a ride
[Fm] _ _ He don't [F#] need no food or water
_ [Fm] Just let the conscience [F#] be his guide [C#] Riding thumb _ _ _ _ _ Riding thumb
_ [A#m] _ [G#m] _
[D#] _ [D] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Left _ _ _ _
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[D#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ [A#m] _ [C#] _ his sister in a normal crying
[B] _ _ [C#] _ Begging him not [C#] to leave that day
[B] _ _ [C#] _ Said he'd write but they knew he was [B] lying
_ [C#] Never got no rain, never got [G#m] no pain [C#] Riding thumb _ _ _ _
_ Riding thumb
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